The three-bedroom home at 2613 Dumbarton Street NW in Georgetown was listed on Monday for the tidy sum of $5.2 million. Washingtonian reported back in early September that the home was poised to hit the market soon.�

The latest iteration came Monday, when the Federal Housing Finance Agency unveiled changes to a program meant to make it easier for underwater homeowners who are current on payments to refinance into a lower-rate mortgage.

The truth is that what some badly disinvested cities, districts, and neighborhoods desperately need is some form and degree of 'gentrification.' The challenge is to have enough without having too much.